Which component is responsible for managing access to API proxies, defining SLA tiers, and applying runtime policies?

• A. API Manager
• B. API Gateway point of control
• C. Mule 3 inbound properties
• D. Out of the box policies

Answer: (A)

Governance and control of API proxies in Anypoint Platform is handled by API Manager. It acts as the control plane where you manage who can access each API proxy, define service levels through SLA tiers, and attach runtime policies that govern API behavior. You configure access rules and assign developers or groups to API products, set SLA definitions that specify quotas or response expectations for different consumer tiers, and apply policies like security, rate limiting, OAuth, or transformation to the API. The actual enforcement of these policies happens at runtime in the API Gateway, but the management, assignment, and definition of access, SLAs, and policies are all performed in API Manager. Inbound properties relate to Mule runtime behavior, and out-of-the-box policies are the available policy options rather than the management plane itself.